Live theatre shows in Toronto with ticket prices of $25 or less, playing the week of May 2nd 2017. Perfect for the budget-conscious theatre-goer. This week’s selections feature stories about the Palestinian and Jewish diaspora, Chilean exiles, and includes specially priced RISER shows (2 for $20). Check these shows out below the cut:
Continue reading Cheap Theatre in Toronto the Week of May 2nd
As we spring into May, Toronto stages are in full bloom. From opera, to kids’ shows, to Freud, to movie classics, there is so much variety to choose from. On hand with her top picks – highlighted in red – is our editor Samantha. Check them out below the cut:
Continue reading Playlistings in Toronto for the week of May 1
Canadian Stage presents a “hypnotic” dance double bill at the Berkeley TorontoAs part of Spotlight Australia, Canadian Stage presents a hypnotic double bill: Meeting, a joint production by AntonyHamiltonProjects and Canadian Stage, and Endings, an Insite Arts production presented by Canadian Stage. Both shows use unusual musical and performance styles to push the boundaries of stagecraft and ask questions about what it means to be human.
Unconventional performance was the order of the evening. Dance piece Meeting used a series of custom mechanical percussion instruments as its soundtrack, while theatre/performance piece Endings used old-fashioned audio technology — tapes and record players — to explore themes of death and dying. Meeting, in particular, was simply amazing; I have never seen anything like it.
Continue reading Review: Meeting (AntonyHamiltonProjects & Canadian Stage) & Endings (Insite Arts)
Just like Shakespeare’s tale of fairies run amok on the shortest night of the year, Midsummer (A Play with Songs), on stage at the Tarragon Theatre, is a story of two lost and unlikely souls finding each other and allowing whimsy, chaos, and chance propel them through one helluva night.
This ramshackle blur of events is punctuated with song, sprinkled with creatively situated audience participation, and fueled by liquid encouragement. Being in the audience feels like you’re following that one friend around on a wild bender — you’re not quite sure where he’s going to end up but it’s bound to be a chaotic ride.
Continue reading Review: Midsummer (A Play with Songs) (Tarragon Theatre)
The Chocolate Soldier is gloriously fun and immaculately sung, now playing on the Toronto stageLove and war seem to go hand-in-hand in Toronto Operetta Theatre’s The Chocolate Soldier, with neither being quite so noble as they first appear. From the boom of canons to the final love arias of couples brought together in the aftermath of war, this light and frothy comic tale is a joy from start to finish, as much a delight to the ears as chocolate is to the tongue. Continue reading Review: The Chocolate Soldier (Toronto Operetta Theatre)